So, I have decided to build myself a front bumper. My plan has been to take designs from other companies and form my own custom bumper.

Well now you may ask, do I have any experience doing any fab/welding........WELLL NO....not much. I just started welding about a month and a half ago at my new job, and I feel I am fairly capable to complete this task. Im lucky enough that I am working for my brother in law so I can use all of his equipment.

So my buddy and I started doing a mock up today with some sheet metal. I like the way Poison Spyder has their Brawler Lite where it mounts on the factory mounting points, so started on the idea of building it that way. I took the piece that sits behind the stock bumper, that acts as a gap guard and drew my lines off that. Here is what our progress was today. Approx: 2.5 hours



Now heres my question, after looking at it, is their really a need to have a lot of clearance like Poison Spyders BFH bumpers that remove the front mounting points and just run bolts through the top? I know it would definitely be easier to build. I just thought about this, I could cut the stock mounting bracket in half vertically on the outsides, therefore giving me inside mounting points, along with outside bolts, making the bumper skinnier.....

Any suggestions are welcome. I plan on building this with 3/16 steel and use a CNC machine to cut my pieces. I will also use gussets on the inside and also be adding a stinger.

 

Moderators can you delete this, moved it to Modified JK Tech